Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SIN'FUL-NESS
SIN'FUL-NESS, n.
- The quality of being sinful or contrary to the divine will; wickedness; iniquity; criminality; as, the sinfulness of an action; the sinfulness of thoughts or purposes.
- Wickedness; corruption; depravity; as, the sinfulness of men or of the human race.
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